Walden speaks out against proposed Crater
Lake wilderness, H&N, posted to KBC
1/24/16. "Walden said he is 100 percent
opposed to Oregon Wild’s wilderness
proposal. 'It kicks the public off public
land,' Walden said...'he believes a
wilderness designation will be a loss for
outdoor recreationists, such as bicyclists
and snowmobilers, and that the land will
become more fire prone because the
designation calls for less forest
management.' "

1/5/16 -
Congressman Walden emotionally describes the
injustice by our federal government in the West,
and the actual small acreage of grass burned by
Hammond's backfire. You Tube, 24 minutes.
Walden compares this with the literally millions
of acres burned by out of control wildfires on
government land, yet government employees and
agencies are never held accountable when their
controlled burns and backfire on private land
gets loose. These two ranchers spent time in
prison, and now the feds decided to send them
back to prison..a 5 year term. The feds will
ultimately try to take their land as with
millions of acres they've taken from other
ranchers, forcing them into bankruptcy.
Miller homestead wildfire 2012 burned 160,000 acres
Barry Point fire in Lake County 93,000 acres
2015 summer 799,974 acres burned in Oregon
Malhear Long Draw fire burned 557,000 acres.
"The federal government will frequently go on private land
without permission to backburn...that happens
all the time...nobody went to prison for
that..."
"Hammonds are in prison tonight for setting a back fire...139
acres...They will sit in prison...5 years."

Klamath Falls visit,Walden
hears of ‘over-reaching’ government
, H&N
4/27/14. "On
the topic of the water agreement signed
by the Klamath Tribes and the Upper
Basin irrigators, Walden said he’ll
support the bill in Congress, but “I
still have great reservations for
removing all four dams (on the Klamath
River). “It is good that the Upper Basin
folks came together and I supported
that. But the issue is that the
agreement was reached with parties
themselves, but not the public. The
public still matters in this debate. The
public has not yet
supported some element to this plan.” To
that end, Walden suggested that a Senate
bill may not make it through the House
as one single piece of legislation — as
has been proposed — but divided into
sections that may pass."
KBRA
/
Klamath
Basin Restoration
AgreementUpper
Klamath Webpage
Water Task Force webpage

State lawmakers confer in three-day session;
Gail Whitsett in favor of independent OIT board. U.S. Rep Greg Walden
addresses water quality rules. Klamath Tribes chairman Don Gentry visits
White House, H&N 11/22/13.
“President Obama has committed to following through with obligations to
tribes and to honor treaties,” Gentry said. During the conference, Gentry
spoke about the Mazama Forest acquisition at an economic tribal development
breakout session. He said the session was an opportunity to open a dialogue
about generating support and finding administrative consultants for the
90,000-acre acquisition, which is part of the Klamath Basin Restoration
Agreement signed in 2010."

Oregon U.S. Congressman Greg Walden Congressional Connection, posted to KBC 11/25/12. "I’m honored that my colleagues unanimously chose me to serve as the Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). No member of Congress from Oregon—of either party—has served in an elected leadership position in decades."

Greg Walden"Just found out the Department of Labor is backing off its ill-advised “Youth Ag Rule.” This is great news! Having grown up on a cherry orchard in The Dalles, I know that training the next generation of farmers and ranchers is a must if we want a stable food supply. The rule, which received heavy criticism from the farm and ranch community, would have discouraged young people from staying on the farm and made it impossible for programs like FFA and 4-H to continue giving kids important hands-on experience in agriculture. In announcing the reversal, the Department of Labor said they will work with rural stakeholders in the future. They also said they withdrew the rule in response to thousands of comments expressing concern. Working together, we did it! Thanks to all who were vocal on this issue." Posted to KBC 4/27/12

Walden, Oregon farmers fight pesticide bufferby Peter Beland, Oregon Business, posted to KBC 3/10/11." 'This crop field, which now produces $21,000 in income — if the federal government’s rules as full described here — you’d be down to $1,500... buffer zones could take 40 percent to 67 percent of Oregon’s farmland out of production...' A number of conservation groups represented by Oakland-based environmental law firm EarthJustice filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency last November...". (KBC NOTE:
GEORGE SOROS
helps finance Earth Justice, which provides free legal fees for "environmentalist" and ecoterrorist groups to destroy "American Capitalism." EarthJustice represents most of the environmental groups with voting power in the controversial Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement.)

11/9/11: Oregon U.S. Representative Greg
Walden this week on Fox News: We need
..."more transparent, efficient and
accountable..." representation..."we're
listening to the American people..."
Walden stresses importance of local lead
in KBRA, H&N, posted to KBC 11/09/10.
"“I think you want local
government leaders at the table, you need to make sure
everybody’s at thetable,” Walden said."
Leading the majority transition in the
house, U.S. Representative Greg
Walden, representing the 2nd district in
Oregon, Walden Newsletter 11/9/2010.
"I’m as fed up as you are with all the
secret deal-making done behind closed
doors. I’ve written many times before in
this newsletter about the ridiculous
2,000-page, trillion-dollar bills that
nobody gets a chance to read before a
vote."KBC
NOTE: THE Klamath County PEOPLE
requested a measure on the ballot asking
if they approved or disapproved the KBRA
and hydro dam removal and they were
denied their request. The county gov't
worded the measure to ask if they wanted
the commissioners to be at the table
(regardless of whether or not they
approved of the leaders' "settlement
agreement." 1/2 the county (49%) opposed
even being at the table. The KBRA
was written behind closed doors for
years, the public was never allowed
input before it was a done deal, there
was NO "transparent, efficient and
accountable" stakeholder---they were
forbidden to divulge their "solutions"
to the constituents. Siskiyou was
allowed a vote on their approval or
disapproval of the KBRA, where 3 or the
4 Klamath hydro dams are targeted for
destruction, and disapproved the plan
80%. Congressman Walden, you have been
an awesome representative; remember your
words, "we're listening to the
American people."